Antidepressants left me bedridden and suicidal - I would have killed myself had I not come off them

A 48-year-old woman has claimed antidepressants left her bedridden, suicidal and reliant on her parents to cater for her every waking need. Lingling Wang, 48, from Surrey, revealed she would have killed herself had she not come off the drugs after a year Ms Wang, who previously worked as a senior consultant in a bank, claims she was not made adequately aware of the side effects of the drugs when she was prescribed them last January Recalling her ordeal, Ms Wang told The Independent she was first prescribed a drug called mirtazapine by her GP for insomnia and mild anxiety. Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, took his life following an adverse effect to prescribed medication, an inquest heard SSRIs, of which eight are prescribed in the UK, are considered a go-to medication for depression primarily because they are thought to have fewer side effects than most other types of antidepressants. The UK's medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is currently reviewing 30 antidepressants including citalopram, sertraline and mirtazapine It comes as an inquest into the death of Mr Kingston found he had been experiencing anxiety and had not long stopped taking antidepressants when he took his own life. The UK's medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is currently reviewing 30 antidepressants including citalopram, sertraline and mirtazapine, after families expressed concern over the loss of their loved ones.